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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1891)
WOMAN'S WORLD. SOMETHING ABOUT THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO COMPOSES. A I'nd In Cnrwt Tliut Cot Mnnry. Srcrrt nf lie-.ll l!e:uit A Wniniin of lliilnr Alilllty I'urNliiii I'hiicIpii A Itio.l:iii noi-jil Idii. It is most remarkable that though music is part of the education of most women, ami with all their aptitude for the art ami ability in interpretation, tho sc.t has never produced a ffreat com )o?or. and comparatively few comjwsi Hons that have attained any great iwp tilarity Mis French, a 5unj; Irish woman living in Paris, is an exception, and another is Miss Hope Temple, a young Englishwoman. The most jwpu laroi her cumpoxittous is entitled "Mem ones." which is a sou of great depth of feeling. It is a pretty glimpse that we have of Miss Temple's childhood when we hear of her living near Dover, where the gallant ill starred Twenty-fourth regiment was quartered. She loved the nildiers, and they, one and all. loved her and treated her as a little daughter ot the regiment. Her very first composition was a waltz for the band to play, ami n.i she taught it to them herself we may be sure that full justice was done to I he young conductor and her melody. It was a great sorrow to her that this idyllic epi-ode was fol lowed by the grim realities of war, and that the disastrous battlefield of Isandhl wana, in Zululand, was the grave of nearly all the brave men who used to sa lute her so gayly when she went in and out among them. She had little musical education, and always hated the piano as an instrument, but suceess in song writing lias caused her to advance step by step She i at work on an operetta. Philadelphia Press. A l uil in ('oirl That Co-Is Miuirj. A recent bride distanced all of her contemporaries in the value of one item of her trousseau, and it is said by her friends that she thereby set a fashion that must henceforth be followed by all brides of any pretensions in tho world of society While it is. ol course, the rule for the expectant wife to have her bridal corsets made far more elaborately and expensively than has been her former custom, often having them embroidered most delicately, it is declared that this instance is the tir.-t where gold was used in the place of .steel, both for the cliisps, the eyelets and the lacing tips. The few intimate friends of the bride who weie permitted to gaze upon tho mysterious portion of her outfit had their attention called to this feature of the beautiful corsets, and they say that examination showed the metal portions to Ihj composed of gold as described. One young woman had the temerity to ask what the advantage of gold was, and she was informed that it did not dis color and was 111 every way preferable to steel It was generally agreed that the idea was an awfully clever one, but lit the same time it was regretted that the world at large would not know nbout the gold No one dared to ask iiow much the corsets cost. The price, jiowever. w is 11)0 a pair, and the bride had three pairs, one in white, mother in pale blue and the third in black. New York Sun NtM'rct of le:il tieuitty. An ugly woman anil there are such of nn, unfortunately tun-r never attempt Watteau effects; she i.m.st forego min iatures, aigrettes, delica.o lace and forget-me-not hilks Let her adopt copper and bronze, nun's cloth, monk's flannel, alligator leathers anil the like. Things are pretty only by contrast, and a pair of bronzed dragons in her ears will be vastly better than diamonds the hize of chestnuts. Bernhardt is far from beautiful, yet sho never enters a room without turning jxople'a heads and putting them to won dering the secret of her charm. She never has been known to wear diamonds ntxxit her face. When asked why she eaiil, with a shrug of impatience: "What? Put brilliants in my ears to kill tho light in my eyes and tho colors in my mouth! I am not so mad as thai." And so she saves tho delicate and pre cious stones for he.r finger rings, slippers nnd belts, and has the oriental beads and ornaments ot cliina, metal and pebble about her face, hair and throat. New York World A Woman of llitineki Ability. Mrs. A. H. Perrine. the Alabama wom an who holped capture the Fulton coun ty murderer, ,Iim Richardson, in Ala bama, is a remarkable character. Sho owns and runs a plantation of -1,000 acres in Randall county, Ala., in tho very heart of the negro belt. Her executive power is something wonderful. There nro few men who could suecesfully and profitably take her place as manager. 8he rules like a dictator. Last year fehe ginned COO bales of cotton, running tho engine- herself. She is a notably haud fiomo woman, superbly made, with a faco indicating intelligence and mascu line determination and nerve. Sho never hits serious trouble with tho negroes upon the plantation, is thorough ly familiar with every detail of farm work, works herself and personally su perintends all tho labor and makes ono of tho most successful planters to bo fonml in the state. Her promise is good or nn order of fi.OOO at tho stosp, and her business obligations are nlways dis charged promptly. Atlanta Constitution- !irlnlaii I'anclr. Somo present Parisian fancies should bo described, if only to empluieize their eilliness. It is gravely announced that Scotch terriers nro tho f.-uhion of tho moment, becnuso thoir color accords with tho oaprico for gruy gowns for uprjng wear. Tho dog ha n bit of scar Jut riblwn on hi collar, nnd thus, when he U Abroad with hi mitrM, the bit of color Mie would not wr givw U wnAA ftrvt to ttia Bruy to It U Alo Hiatal Hint ft InngHHUo Uinta, which It U lii)HrtAtit 1i0ftM ho im.lwtood, priviU In hriiu ovlely. The stamp placed exactly in tho middle of the envelope indicates a coining wed ding, while one placed at the left hand corner is encouragement, as the flower symbols say. It might l added that any deviation fro n the proper and ac cepted upper right hand corner means folly on the part of the sender nnd in convenience to jtostal officials. Dut fash ion eschews such considerations. Iler Point of View in New York Times. I'anie All at Once. The Book Buyer prints a iwitrait of Mary E. NYilkins. whoee name, if not literally in every one's month, is in every newspaper's literary column these days. What a meteor flash fame is, and how impossible to guess when and where it is going to sti ike. Miss Wilkins has been writing stories for six or eight Jem's, every whit as bright and natural and lifelike a? those she is writing to day. They were published in the Har pers and other leading publications, but the writer was in no sense famous until all ill once the hour struck and fame was hers. No longer ago than last spring a query was sent from this office to the head of a literary syndicate which is snii-po-ed to have knowledge of every writer of any note in Huglaud ami America, asking the address of Marv K. Wilkins. The answer came promptly bad;, "We never heard of her." They have heard of her now. however. Springfield (Mass.) Homestead. An Agril Hull' anil Iter Tamlly. In Monongahela township there re sides Mrs. Sarah King, widow of Horatio King. She was born in New Jersey in 1S02. To us that seems a long time ago lacking less than eleven years of being a century. Mrs. King is a mute. Her three children were in no way aflliered. One strange fact is that she named them. Of course she could not speak the word, but designated the two brothers and sis ter whose names her children should bear. She i ould do all kinds of work and do it well. She taught her daughter to be a model housekeeper. Mrs. King Wiis not educated; though she learned to make beautiful capital letters could not form them into words. A stranger meet ing her would not think her both deaf and dumb. She understands all that is said to her if slie can watch the person talking. Her eyesight and general health iire good. She is the oldest person in her township. Waynesburg (Pa.) Inde pendent. A ltiissian lleeept inn. Where dancing is tabooed it is difli cult to know just what to do with the people that you like to invite to your house. Of course there are dinners and teas and musicales, but in the course of human events one tire of all three and sighs for something newer and less con ventional. Among novel forms of en tertainment which clever hostesses are carrying out is the so called Russian reception." The card of invitation is tho same as for an ordinary reception, but when the mystical words "Russian even ing" are engraved in the corner the recip ient knows that she will meet at the house of her hostess some artistic and literary people whom she has long want ed to know; that tlu.ro will be a deal of bright conversation interspersed with music; that u simple standing collation will be served, and that she, together with the other guests, will take an early departure. Boston Commonwealth. AVlif'1,1 Women Improw. Nothing is more gratifying than the progress women are making in extem pore speaking, liven in Sorosis tho ladies live years ago could speak noth ing like as well as they do now. Often they use no notes whatever. The way to learn extempore speaking is to be gin and preach your speech over in your mind beforehand, thinking it out carefully, .but not writing a lino of it ex cept the headings. Then when you ariso to deliver it you will probably forget two-thirds of it, but never mind. Keep practicing, and you will gradually re member moro and moro of it, and new thoughts will at length como to you upon your feet. No matter if you do forget part. Even Wendell Phillips al ways did that, but nobody knew it but himself. New York Commercial Ad- ertiser. Women in Sl ITnlwrsltiea. Between -100 and ,r00 women studied at tho Swiss university last year; 229 of i them were regularly matriculated, and were preparing themselves to tako de grees: 1 10 of them camo from Russia, i 20 from Switzerland, 21 from Germany, j 12 from Bulgaria, and 5 from the United States; l."0 of them aspiro to diplomas ' in medicine, 0 are in tho legal d opart ! incuts, and 07 are trying to become doc ! tors of philosophy. Switzerland is about ! the only country on tho continent that has not taken jxiins to keep women as far as possible from its universities, and with each new concession from the faculties the uuiuKt of women attend ants has been increased. Ten years ago tho number was only SO; five years ago 127. Exchange. Hummer mill Needle I'artleg. A "hammer and needle party" is tho entertainment a country tocial club in vented the other day. Lach lady was refjuested to bring a needle, a'siool of thread and several buttons, and each gentleman a hammer. Whou all tho materials were on tho table each ludy picked out a hammer and was given a block and some nails, Each gentleman choso pewit. g materials and buttons, and tho contest began. The ladios drove as many nails in their blocks as they could in live iniu.Hos, and the gentlemen sewed on as many buttons as possible in ten minutes. Prizen were given and much laughter provoked. Chicago News. Apron Aro IVhloiiublti, A necessity of tho moment ia aprons. Bomo worn at tho sowing classes are vttry Fronchy. Thaw art) of black Chan tilly low, ornflinntal with tiny velvet bows. White one ra eldom used, and nr made of Vnlnwh'tirifi insertion over tllk, A low New York women liavn made mi effort to introduce at thtte in formal ntfulr Uio owing rlMe th luft tilk turban which wur tn III Paris earlv lat fall. One voting girl ' wore n pretty one. Mine, de Stael style, of blacK silK nehl with a silver arrow. Some of plaid silk have In-en seen, and also of solid bright colors, yellow and rose pink. New York Times. The Lovely llm einej er OlrU. The lovely granddaughters of old Pajw Ilavemeyer. girls who will bring to the man they may marry the comfort able dowry of ftl.OOo.OOO each, are de voted Baptists nnd special patronesses of half a dozen big relief organizations in their clinrcb. In the spring, when their yacht is in commission, they fill the big white craft to the rail with jxwr liabies and mothers, a fine dinner and u band. And go for a sail up and down the sound. Twice each summer this is their custom, and though lxnt is not imposed on their church they observe it only by oxtm enre of their clmrges. New York Cor. Chicago Herald. SinltiK Novelties. Among the spring woolens none seems more jiopular than the Scotch homespun twills in stripes, checks or heather mist- j ures. They are very soft and warm, yet light, nnd have the desirable quality of shedding a reasonable amount of rain before they get wet. and they make ex cellent every day dresses. A novelty is the Bedford corduretto in every color now fashionable, and they look heavy while being very light. Broken plaids, with the lines in lmirv raised effects, are quite popular, and make very stylish dresses and compara tively inexpensive ones. An Idea I'm- a Sl.irt. A novel way of treating a dress skirt, while in no way destroying the sheath like apiK'iirauce which fashion affects, is to slash it from hem to waist on the right side just a few inches, say four or live, from the bodice point. Benpath, on the foundation, lay a few folds of silk or velvet to .simulate an underskirt, and then tie the edges of the upper dress with ribbon bows ami short ends. If desired, more elaboration may be supplied by put ting a narrow galloon round the edge of the dress and carrying it up either side of the opening. New York Post. A ltrfcjK anil I'u lly ('liiciiiro Woman. A pretty Chicago woman is attracting a good bit of attention in Now York by her boolcs and lectures on tho culture and guidance of children. Mrs. Le Favre is giving talks before audiences of i women on "Child Culture." She has I ww, t.-im !w,fiin I tin iiinf lnrsi nf 11,- Mmi. I Arthur's and of Felix Adler's congrega tions, and also before the alummo of Van Norman institute. Mrs. La Favre is not only a bright, but an exceedingly pretty woman, being slender, blonde and graceful. Edith Sessions Tuppor's Letter. Hrllnt rope Is tli lrojir Slnitle. Heliotrope is certainly leading the procession in the matter of fashionable shades this spring. The show windows of the big retail dry goods shops are lav ishly decorated with heliotrope colored fabrics, and the broad windows of two Broadway floral establishments tire given up entirely to heliotrope. liven the con fectioners have taken up tho popular fad, and the heliotrope shade predomi nates in their windows, where many costly Easter tokens and silken bonbon boxes are displaced. New York Letter. Cambridge has a "Ladies' Family club" in which the members pledge themselves to dine at each other's houses, each member taking a turn at being hostess. Educational and social re forms are discussed in secret conclave, and despite the fact of its being a "fam ily" club, as no men are allowed on the club list, when Mrs. A receives tho so ciety Mr. A must dine at his club or wherever he may lind it convenient. Mrs. Margaret Custer Calhoun, who has been appointed state librarian of Michigan, is a sister of tho lamented General Custer. In that fearful massa cre of the Little Big Horn she lost i.ot only her distinguished brother but bur husband as well, and two younger brothers and a nephew besides. She is a studious woman, and thoroughly c( m petent to fill tho position to which sho has been elected. Very striking innovations are lw-ing made in tho conventional wedding gown, both in material and decoration. A bride's dress, recently made, and pro nounced very smart, was of fine white Sergo trimmed with goldm beaver. Tho Newmarket coat bodice had a waistcoat and sleeves braided in close Persian de sign with narrow gold cord, tho cuffs and collar being of the fur. Mine. Romanoff' write that the propor tion of males to females in Russia is about the same as it exists in tho impe rial family, where there are twenty-two grand dukes and only seven grand duch esses. Tho daughter in tho family is al ways a great pet. Girls marry young and an old maid is a real curiosity. Dresses subjected to hard wear are most easily kept neat about tho bottom by finishing the edge neatly without braid, afterward sowing on tho braid that has a mohair cord edge. It takes less than a quarter of tho time to replace this that is necessary to put on a new binding. Tho Couutms Lily Newenhaupt, for merly Miss Wilson, of Now York, is one of tho most feted belles in Stockholm this season. At a ball givon by tho min ister of foreign affairs sho had tho honor that is to say, Prince Eugene of Sweden had tho honor of dancing with her. Miss Sybil Sanderfcon, tho American girl who made such u success on tho operatic stago of Paris, 1h n pretty blonde woman, with a frank, open face and limpid blue eyes. Olio has n voice of wonderful power and quality. Drown twine floor ami inake a giavy of boiled milk, w bit wilt iumI biignr, mid It Will ftellUl . nlllOUlllblillt,Oltlie, with children or u4nlt, If no other food U eatvn for a day er two, farm andgarden 1 Farmer's Hen Should Re ceive Good Care. FEW OF HER PLAIN RIGHTS. She Should Have Clean, Dry Quarters. Food Thnt Will Mako Eggs. Pure Water, Etc. Among nil the domestic stock wind 1ms lieeii reared on the farms ot our an cestors and upon our own none ha been the target for so much abuse ; none ha been tteated ith so much injustice l thought, word and deed as the farmer's hen. Oftentimes without shelter, and in many instances even without food. CKcept what she can pick up, and with only sutliciont attention to make sure ot appropi iuting the products of her indus try, she has been expected to work the whole year through, taking care of both bet sell and her broods, and to pay a lamer proportionate income than a'nv thing else on the farm in short, to fully solve the problem of making bricks with out straw for woe to her if she appro priated any 'straw" in the shape of growing grain or vegetables, scattered seed or ripened fruit. Luft to run at large, she has been chidden for, nesting in by-places, for hatching at untimely seasons, for being in every way " more bother than worth." On the other hand, being confined within pr ior limits, she has been frowntd upon fi-r desiring the comforts of sufficient tiid and drink and fairlv decent and eh anly quarters, and has been stamped ns i useless, pam pered creature, "costing more than she conies to." and peculiarly subject to dis ease and vermin. An ai titio.il creation, taken from unlimited rcsoutivsof range, freedom and fresh air into forced condi tions hist the leverse of all there; im proved from her natural state of laying a single nest fill of eggs in a season to a forced artificial product of do.ensof eggs throughout the year, she is expected to rustle for himself with all the ambition which she displayed in a wild state, while yielding to her owner the products rightfully to le expected from the arti ficial state. Bred for a general-purpose machine, it is desired of her that she be as gootl for each special purpose as a special-purpose machine, and she has oven been asked to manufacture insuf ficient general-purpose nuitetial into abundant special product" ai when she is expected to shell out egg w ith unfail ing tegularity on a diet partly fattening, partly heating and wholly iiisuHicicnt for her living needs, leaving out of the question her manufacturing needs. The question, "Boes poultry pay?" has been demanding an answer with espe "ial insistence during the past two or three years; but if Ibis were an swered as to poultry as a whole, there would still remain another more perti nent to the gteat majority, " Does the farmer's hen pay?" Before the latter question can be answ ered with any show of fairness, the farmer's hen must have her plain riijhl. If she must run at large and secure her ow n living, it is certainly hoi ritjltt to help herself to w hatever she may be able to find and to raise her brood in her own way, treating them to till the available dainties w hich the season affords. If she is confined within ImmuhIs, treated as an artilicial and expected to p'iv in cash results, it is her rigni that she to furnished with all the things that are absolutely necessarv to her health and well-being, and witli conditions that, being artilicial, may yet approach as near as possible to those which are natural, besides raw material enough and of tho proper sort to maun f net uro the expected product. It is her right to have clean, dry quartern; to have food that will make eggs if eggs are expected ; to have pure water, and to have such attention as is necessary to make her comfortable in conditions over w hich she has nocontrol. Having these, if she does not then render to her owner cash returns more than equal to the out lay, ho is justified in saying that she does not jiny ; but until tl'ien ho is doing her rank injustice to hint at such a thing. The .Mh1,o ) or Maternity. No truer utterance was ever made concerning the cow than that of Prof. Farriugton when ho said: Wo are not dealing with machines, hut living creatures endowed with incalculable peculiarities and innumerable ilillurcnccs. The mystery of animal life, who shall solve it? This mystery is as great in tho smallest living animal as in lordly man. Wonderfully great is the mystery of maternity, involvingii vast complexity of operations which all tho research and genius of man has never yet lieen able to fully comprehend. The 'operation of milk-giving is a part of this vast com plexity. It is a pity that this mysterious function of motherhood is so generally intrusted to the control of men who know oven less ulwut it than the cow mother herself. There was profound understand ng and philosophy in that remark of wise old Ward White when he said : " I always speak to a cow as I would to a lady." It meant a true rec ognition of the uiiige that must lie ac corded to motherhood if it is expected to "have full course, run, and Imj glorified" in tho prosperity of the man who is ap pointed as its master. The stupid brut ishness of men, who are too ignorant of their own interests to lx gentle ami hu mane, finds at last sharp puhhmcut; for God, ever just to tho least of His creatures, denies such men profit or prosperity, " and thereat all good men say, 'Amen!'" In dairying it pays greatly to Imj a gentleman. A ' in l a I ii t I'mui KiikIIkIi runner. English farmers are complaining bit terly at the low prices of their produce compared with what they were fifteen years ago. Wheat and oats command but four-sevenths as much, barley but two-thirds and other green crops about the same. The latter includes potatoes, which have fallen still more In value. Farmers say that, if they cannot afford to buy manure and grow grain, they can not raise live stock ; hence tim decrease in the number of sheep in the past twenty yearn in oslimatiNl at I.Ouo.OOO; In plgM nearly an many, In cuttle over ll),J)Kl,(XX); while thiiMi huu Ihiuii ii gain In liormiH of iilnuit IOO.imK). The acicage in ni html, barley ami oulu bus fulltui oil an eighth in the run imiuwl. our Latest and Greatest Premium Off MAMMOTH n MtuMi Tit Cf f iftf mtt fflntiln' mmptft it f t f jtTFti H"-ti ii (4rl1 Vr, r i ili it it nn f on A to r t til ltfbi III n , ft i An.fin'n fiom in .tt..Herj bt Oolttml'iH M amplil. Jf 1riptloti of fmiiout t1tl mil li ih Malory or all fitttom, ebroiiolojltftl 1 f mH-l- ll-- .i tl.i' li"Ilt Hum tllli'lltt fii'Ml liiiuTi ,cto , rii UlttCli IM1 V. TMa (treat work contain the Urea Af all tin ii 'tl i.i4 ,f tin t'nltfl Siato. fnm Mathlnton tt llmiiumi ith i ! ii alt an 1 other llluf ration, aluo lite ami i 1 1 it' ISu.'i on llouaparte. ?hftkopeare, Mvron, Wltllntn V ItriiMium I inuklln, IMirr Olar, hantel Wehter, ami i it i.iii ma'roinfii, ntithoi, poet, Keueraia, cler gj tiien, tto, I Mm t tbe ( i.-pi iii dar XtJUM'ri.'i rili:. Vnlnal.le Mntaanl naefiit aiietlona i.i r iitiMT. iii'unim of fli-bl rrop, ftnte and fence, fertlllieia, rum ltnpl',nn'm ; lit (tuck ialliiR. tncliii1li.fr. Ihe treatment of 1i nrof itmneatla nntuial . pmiltrj lieeplttf, an 1 Iiow tnn.lo an oenful nn I pi.Mlabl , heekeeplna", ilalrr faimliif, etc. Tha iirntn .-til ef th" ontiji'k'ia I complne anl tihautitia, ant ipii In the work f ft teat raotloat uo id far men amlatofkmeii. Iltllt ricril Tlii:. Herein I Rltrn the mot iirfiil hint I at on f i a r1 nil h i nt f tenet ahlra nn 1 frutt. aa (athereJ fruiii the e ft perh nee of the mut aucce fid hot ttoultut lata. A ItCIIl l'i:"riltK. Ipin nnl plana for houe,rottaf, lurna anl othr otMl-ulMliigt, Willi laluahlt aujeitlona to thoteliitrmlllift tohiillJ. llori:i10l,l. Thl workeonlalna tttrl an.l tctel recipe f.r nlmoftt eterr tinaslnahlo dlh f r lreak(at, illnnerand tra. thl department abmp Peine worth tnoie than nine tenth pf the cook booka aol I , almoat liiiiitmetnble hlnla, belpaantl aiiR peatlnii trthonfkepft , deilftnaniid aupfteitiona for inaklnit uaiiT benullful iMnft fr tho nlornmriit of homo, In tiredlc work, embtoi lei v. o t ; hint on tlorloulture, telllnic bow to he tiinceiafiil w Ith all the tar ton plant : loitel bint, Ml line; how to preeneamt beaullfj the cotnileiloii, ItaitJa, trail), lair, rto , eta .lir.llM'M.. ManrdoHar In doclora' bltl will be tared annitalir to itcrv poenor of hli book tlironftli the lain a Me Information In1 rein oontalnri). It tell how to cure, hr alinple fi reitaidoliomo temcdle. available In eterr bouarhnM, every illteaie anl ailment that lacnrnbtc, t Id department for nit up a complete me lival hook. Hi taluo of which lu any tioui cau hardlj be computed lu dollar and cent, INVr.NTION AMI timroVi:i V. rtemarkabtr lu:.r eatlng itrarrlptlona oT crent Itneutloti, Inludlun; tlio Steam Ihighie, Iholelettraph, Ihe 1'ilntlns lre the I'lectJo l.lcht, t bo Senlns Machine, the Telephone, tha 1 jpo Witter the Type Netting Mai'hinr, the Cotton tlln, etc. Till: V)1M,I M VOMi:iIM. nraphlc deierlptlona. beam If nil v Illustrated, of tho Yellow atone Park, Yotendto Valley, Ntaftara 1'all, tho Alp, Pnrla, Yeiiivlua, Voider, Vienna, Ihe ('annua of Colorado, MammolU Cnte, Natural lirblje, Walkln tllen, the White Mouulalna, etc, etc. TltAVI'.I.H, Peacrtpllon, profuetr Illustrated, of the lire, manner, cuiloma, peculiar fatma, iltra aud ocrnuoulea uf the TEE rs. fit i sif-'-fStPPt 2 MM PT-Tbe- Mil 620 (SlSBUHl'tU. Volume I- JMl!,," Froin iho nlmvo lirtef fniminftrr of If n content" Fonin Itlca nfwlmt ft TPinarUnbly Intereallnff, InatruclUfl anil rnlualitiMtnrk tho Mammiitii C'v I.op.mha la may h pnltiptl, jt-t hut a fractional part of tli mplca lrpateil in thin tfri-at wnrk havn ht'ou natnml It U u van ntm'lnm of uai-ful and pntprlnlnlnjr knimledRp nnqtieatinn nlily n tho heat ami moat valilfthlo unika ever ptihthheil In any lanil or laiic'i'. No hntnoxhouM lie with out t la n work to ho cnnaulteil very day wllh lenanlto tho Tarlotia porplnxlntr qtieathma that conatantlf nrlxti in urltlnu and rnnveraatlnti, by the fanner and honied lfo In their dally duties &ud puraulU, and for con wuuoua readltih uo work la mure mitortatulug or Instructive. By pcri il nrr iiigcnitMit with tin puhliMluT of lln Mammoth Cvri.oiMiin a wo nr cMtihli'tt in niiiUt' niir hiiIhcpI Ihth juiiI rcaiiYr llu foilnwu ix txlni(iriHnfir ullVr: W iritf tit'ttif th' .Mammoth C i.ovam a, vnmph'te in four volumes, (t.n ubuve tfpHcrihett atl pasta jv prrHtiff, a.so'Vnv OinauiN Scdi't for om; yi:ai(, 17011 receipt of only !J.ti irtiivh ift hit' cents more tiun our rcfj'utttr twbseriptitm jtrfve, so that you pruetivttttt net this ttn'jr unit ct finable work Jor the trtjlittft sttm of 7o cents. This In (i 'iviii (,1Ut it w oiido I ill b;trKtin, nnii it in a jilt'iisiun w wh to In fimliled to tillonl our nwulors s 1 1 iMimrlwtiiU' an opiioriuuh v. 'I'hiouh t IiIm ot nun iliiian -ncro hope to Impels incrru-( our ciffiiliilioti. 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